Rote or Reason: How Do Your Students Think about Computation?.

Monroe, Eula Ewing; Clark, H. Clifford

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ERIC Number: EJ566755

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Rote or Reason: How Do Your Students Think about Computation?

Monroe, Eula Ewing; Clark, H. Clifford

Mathematics in School, v27 n3 p26-27 May 1998

Presents an experiment for teachers to determine whether rote or reason has greater influence upon the way students think about computation. Provides some observations and concerns, and discusses needed changes in thinking and practice for teaching mathematics. (ASK)

Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Rote Learning, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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